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JPMne, a Remarkable Product of Politics, JOHN Y. Mr KANE. The death of John Y. Me Kano removes one of the moat remarkable polit ical characters ever known to local politics iu New York State. He was born in the County Antrim, Ireland, August 10, 1811. Ho lived in Ireland until he was about four years old, when the McKane family immigrated to this country and settled at Hheepsliend Huy, Long Island. MeKune did not smoke or drink. He was a hearty, rugged, blue eyed man with Scotcli-Irish blood in his veins, who did not know what it was to become weary either of work or of political turmoil. Asa boy ho dug clams on the beach in summer and wont to the village school in winter. He worked at gardening and other odd jobs until In was fourteen, when be was apprenticed to a carpenter. Ho learned the building trade and laid the foundation of his wealth at this bus iness. Me Kane always did what ho pleased with the vote of Gravesend. In 18911 M Kane was in tbe height of his power. William J. Gaynor, after carry ing mi a light against the McLaughlin Democracy, became a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court, He made a demand on MoKaue for a copy of the registry lists of Couey Island. They wore refused, lie snid over the telephone on October 110, 1893: “Mr. Gaynor will find out that if lie wants to got along with me the easiest way to do is not to fight me.” Asa result of the fight MaKnuo became a couvict in Sing Sing, and William J. Gaynor became a Justice of the Supreme Court. MeKune served his term, which, with rebate for good behavior, was shortened to four and a half years. He was released ■from prison April 30, 1898. Terrible Effects of Porto Rico’s tyurricaije Ponoi, Fo tc Rico.— The hurricane, sad as is the havoo it wrought, great as is the misery it caused, Inis ac complished in k day what would have taken diplomacy years to bring about. It has taught the natives that the Americans are their real friends. The Americans, by their prompt and gen erous assistance, have wiped out all lingering prejudices, Porto Rico suffered more than nnv As regards the actual financial loss to tho island occasioned by the hurri cane, estimates vary. So far as I can iiguve it out the loss to the whole isl and will amount to about seventy-five million pesos, or more than $ 10,000,- 000. Thisaraouut covers damage to build ings aud machinery, damage to ware houses . and stores of coffee, tobacco aud sugar; damage to this year’s cane, coffee aud fruit crops, including esti mated loss on the next three years’ 1 kM f /jS ZT'iL 3 Bouse in ponce demolished by the HtTRHICANK. other colony by the hurricane of August 9. Every district in the isl and has been devastated. Thousands of homes have been ruined, and crops upon which the whole population de pended for subsistence have been laid waste beyond retrieve for at least three years. • I^W*\ STREET IN AIIECIBO. PORTO EIOO. DURING THE HURRICANE. SHOWN HEIGHT OF WATER ON THE HOUSE*. Porto Rico to day is as barren as Cuba at the eloae cf ttie insurrec tion. Here, in Porto Rico, tields that ytrere once beautiful with waving canes, ’hillsides but a few days ago covered with the green coffee and lmnana trees now present a bare and sorry view. Homes that sheltered happy families have heon washed away. The vil lages are crowded with shelterless people. The homeless to-day number about one-third of the whole population of the island. I have passed through every dis trict from the capital to l’once, and 11 • .\'V' AiW m S= ~~ WHEOKKD CAFE IN PLAZA ADJOINING CUSTOM HOUSE, TONCE. often ridden for miles without soeiug a house left standing. Where the houses withstood the wind the roofs were gone and furniture aud clothing were ruined by the rains. It is the well-to-do who are, perhaps, to he the most pitied. Reautiful haciendas aud powerful sugar factories were laid as low as the native’s shack, crop; damage to live stock, and dam age to railways aud shipping. It does not cover the loss sustained by the Public Works Department, which will be heavy; uor does it cover the loss to the islaud of capital that was con fidently expected to seek investment here this winter, and which may now bo frightened away. The loss of growing crops is, be- yond question, the most serious item in the island's list of misfortunes. Everything has been more or less de stroyed. Wliat the hurricane teft the floods carried away. The mango, bread fruit and avocate trees, upon which the natives depend to a great extent for subsistence, have been swept bare or broken down. Only the most sheltered banana groves are left standing. The coffee crop is wholly ruined, and all but the small est of the trees have been destroyed. A coffee plant takes five years to ma ture. The half ripe orange crop is in the ground. A few cane fields have escaped, but with tbe factories de molished these are only valuable for fodder. The wholesale, indiscriminate dis tribution of food is being stopped, else the whole population would be come pauperized. In all centres I visited rations are ijow being dis tributed to the old and infirm and to young children. To all able-bodied adults is offered work. At first this course of action caused some com plaint, but now tbe plan is beginning to work well, and tbe poor are all the more independent, and better con tented for it. The first care of the military authori ties has naturally been for tbe troops. In Ponce thessooogranted by General Davis to the commander has been spent in cleaning up in and around the quarters. At every country station the troops are living under canvas. Iu most cases the barracks have been blown down. At Aibonito not one wall of the whole barracks is left standing. The soldiers lost every thing they had, and those in the hos pital had a narrow escape with thei* - lives. The barracks collapsed during the .ITSCIir iN PoNCE ATTEN INC•ru3ft ~ first hour of the storm. Fifteen min utes after the walls had toppled in the men, who had even formed ranks out side in the pelting rain, had appointed a delegation to wait upon Captain Wheeler to ask permission to render assistance to the town. The captain joined his men. Without a thought of their owu loss, without thought of any danger, the whole troop crossed the swollen river between the barracks and tbe town, and were soon engaged in the work of rescue, dodging pieces of flying zinc or rushing into tumbling houses. On the night of the hurricane I was sleeping on my own plantation iu the district of Bayamon, about ten miles from the capital. At about half-past seven o’clock Tuesday night my cap- itazu, or head man, came to the door and reported that the Government had sent out notice that a hurricane was approaching, via St. Thomas. Like many others, I did not give full cred ence to the warning. At half-past five the wind was blowing thirty miles an hour. Daylight was long in coming, for the sky was inky black. When dawn did come wo could be sure the storm was not far away, and everpthing movable was taken iu. Tenants began to run to us for shelter aud we took them in also. At half-past seveu o’clock the storm began iu earnest, and in half an hour it was impossible to stand against the wind. We had braced and tied down the roof as best we could, but one sin gle puff carried away all our stays. In half au hour our roof was goue aud the rain pielting iu. At ten o'clock the wind was blowing seventy-live miles au hour. Ouee we made a sortie, aud rescued a woman aud two children, but hardly had we got them inside when the house began to ereak and groan, and we sought the open. Dodg ing flying brauohes of tree-s and stray hits of timber, we crawled along the lee side of a penguin fence to a shack, sheltered behind a hill. It was half-past twelve before the storm was over aud we could venture forth. Our house, we found, had not blown down entirely; hut the wooden walls were slauted at au angle of thirty degrees. The roof was completely off and everything inside absolutely mined by the water. It was two days before we could cross tne river to get to market. Everf peasant’s hut for three miles around was down. Four hundred houses on the outskirts of Bayatnon were piled up in the public road. The railroad running to Sau Juan had been com pletely washed away. The highways were blocked with rubbish. It was two days before supplies of bread reached the town. In the interim the people lived on half ripe fruit. SHELLS WRECK FILIPINO FORT The American Warships Eataii Fearful Destruction. INSURGENTS RESIST FIERCELY Men From the Charleston and Concord Land Under Hot Fire. A special from Manila says: The United States cruiser Charleston, the monitor Monterey and the gunboats Concord and Zafiro, with marines and blue jackets from the cruiser Balti more, left Cavite September 18th and proceeded to Subig bay to destroy an insurgent cannon there. Owing to the bad weather the oper ation was postponed until Saturday, when the warships for three hours bombarded the town of Olangapo and the intrenchments where the gun was situated. Men from the Charleston, Concord and Zafiro were then landed under a heavy insurgent lire, proceeding to the cannon, which was utterly destroyed by gun cotton and then returning to the warship. The Americans had one man wounded during the engagement. While waiting in Subig bay for bet ter weather, the Americans descried Filipino re enforcements moving to ward Olangapo. At 0:40 a. m. Satur day the Monterey began the advance upon the town, which was about three miles cast of the monitor’s anchorage. The Charleston, Concord and Zafiro followed. At 7:25 the Monterey opened fire with her second artillery and main batteries, the Charleston and Concord joining immediately. At 7:38 the in surgents’ cannon answered, the first shot passing close to the Monterey’s smokestack. The gun was fired twice only. 3hi American bombarding then be came general. At 9:30 the Monterey advanced to a range of 600 yards, using her main battery. Two hun dred and fifty men were landed about 800 yards east of the cannon at 11 o’clock under a severe Mauser fire. The men from the Charleston were the first to reach the beach, but the Concord’s men were the first to the gun, which they reached at 11:10. The cannon was found to be a sixteen centimeter Krnpp gun, presumably obtained from the Spaniards. Meanwhile the warships continued to shell the shelving beach on the east and west to silence the insurgent fire upon the sailors from the trenches skirting the beach. Gunner Olsen exploded fifty pounds of guncotton, in three discharges, in the cannon, which had suffered from the fire of the warships. The Ameri cans then returned to the boats, the firing inland being kept up to protect the embarkation. The Concord's men were the last to leave the shore and the warships were reached at 12:50 p. m. Cadet Brinser, with the Concord’s launch, armed with a gatling, did ex cellent work on the left of the lauding party. Captain Myers, of the tnraines, captured a muzzle-loading field piece. Lieutenant McDonald was in command of the landing party and the movement was splendidly executed and controlled. Th 6 number of Filipinos there could not be ascertained and no dead were seen. The Monterey fired for four hours — tweuty-ono shots from her ten-inch guns aud seventeen from her twelve inch guns. The town, which was riddled with shells, took fire at several points. Fatal Oil Explosion. While making preparations to “shoot” the Rayl oil well, near Wells ville, 0., Saltirday afternoon, the well overflowed and the oil ignited from the lire under the boiler, causing a terrible explosion. Two men were killed out right and three others injured, two of them it is thought, fatally. BRITISH CABINET MEETS. lleunlt of the Conference I Kept From the Public, However. A London dispatch says: A cabinet council was held Friday. A large crowd assembled about Downing street enrly iu the day. The cabinet minis ters were loudly ckeere >, the secreta ry of the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, receiving the lion's share of the ap plause. The meeting began at 12 30 o’clock and ended at 2:40 p. m. The minis ters were cheered as they came out of the foreign office. Nothing transpir ed regarding ttie action taken, though the genera! impression spread that a vigorous line had been adopted. OHIO CAMPAIGN OPENED. Governor Roosevelt and Judge Nash Speak At Akron. The republican state campaign was opened at Akron, Ohio, Saturday with one of the largest crowds known in the history of politics in Ohio. Special trains from Cleveland, Toledo, Colum bus, Youngstown and Canton brought 20,000 peopile, and it is estimated that there were 50,000 visitors in Akron. Governor Roosevelt and Judge Nash were the speakers of the occasion. rt ' A Hundred 1 ■fu diO Ctpplicai, t, for a Twenty Expense* •- - e A New York special says: All the genera! arrangements for the recep tion of Admiral Dewey are now com plete and only a few details are left Vo be settled. The majority of these can not be attended to until the admiral has arrived and his wishes have been consulted. All the sub-committees have about finished their work and have presented their reports to the general committee. The committee on distribution of tickets was at work all day in the mayor’s office until late at night. They apportioned nearly 20,000 tickets, all there were at their disposal. There were applications for more than 100,- 000i Their work did not include the distribution of tickets to the munici pal assembly and the school children’s stands. These tickets will be at the disposal of the municipal legislators and the president of the board of edu cation. The committee on stands is yet to decide exactly what will b the capaci ty of the new stands. If the commit tee stands for all the expenditures it has authorized, it will have spent more than $45,000 in excess of the first ap propriation made to it of $30,000 and $4,000 more than it has in sight even if the municipal assembly votes to give it the additional $25,000 that is to be asked for at the next meeting of the aldermen and council. For the seventy odd thousand ex pended, the committee has furnished about 20,000 seats to the ticket com mittee, 4,000 on the city hall stands, 6,000 for the school children, 10,000 for the municipal assembly and 23,000 for the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, a total of about 40,500 seats for about $73,000. Concerning the committee of seven that is to attend Admiral Dewey during his stay in New York, Mr. Foster said he had received a reply in writing from Channoey M. Depew and in person from Richard Crokor and William McAdoo. Mr. Croker said the com mittee could make any use of him they desired and that he was ready to do anything in his power to help along the success of the celebration. With the exception of Levi P. Morton and W. C. Whitney all the members of the committee have accepted. MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE. Jury Announced That It Wad Impossible to Reach Agreement. Another mistrial has resulted in the Mattie A. Hughes murder case at Greenville, S. C. The jury retired Friday night shortly after 6 o’clock and at 10 o’clock an nounced that it would be impossible to agree. They were sent back to their room with instructions to deliberate further. At 8 o’clock Saturday morning they asked that they be discharged, having reached no verdict. The jury stood eight for acquittal, three for manslaughter and one for conviction. The defendant will be tried again at the coming spring term of court. She is charged with the murder of her husband, George W. Hughes, on No vember 18th, 1898. FAMOUS ASTROLOGER DEAD. Ho Predicted Duto of His Domido Like wise That of His Wife and Son. Dr. Luke D. Broughton, president of the Astrological Society of America, died in New York Saturday. He cast his horoscope many years ago and pre dicted that the critical periodsrof his life were the 15th, 16th and 21st days of the present month and present year. His death, he predicted, would occur on Sept'mber 22d. Dr. Broughton has made many suc cessful predictions. On his advice his eldest son did not marry, as his father had predicted the exact time of his death iu 1885. Mrs. Broughton also died as predicted in 1891. He wrote many mauy pamphlets and one book on astrology. SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT In Collision Between Freight and Fas genger Trains In Colorado. A special from Denver says - Six passenegers were killed outright and five injured, one perhaps fatally, in a collision on the Denver and Bio Grande railroad at Keoo siding, near Florence, Saturday evenine. The trains in col lision were the Phillips-Judson excur sion from the east and the east-bound fast freight. The excursion train had run from Chicago over the Chicago aud Alton and Missouri Pacific railroad and was turned over to the Denver and Rio Grande at 2 p. tn. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. The Tos'master at Worth, Ga., Arrested By an Inspector. John M. Scoville, the postmaster at Worth, Ga., was carried to Macon Friday morning by United States Deputy Marshal George White to an swer to the charge of embezzlement of the postoffice funds. On Thursday morning Postoffice Inspector Fuller went to Worth on his regular inspec tion tour, not knowing that anything was wrong with affairs of the office. W&wne Prudent Man Sstteth His House in Order. ’* Your human tenement should be given even more careful attention than the house you live in. 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